By Rich Fahey BEVERLY – When making Gaston Leroux’s 1910 novel “The Phantom of the Opera” into a musical, events showed there were two very different ways to approach the material. And history… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – The British Invasion Redux. This time, they’re not coming in on the back of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, or lanterns signaling one if by land, two… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey WATERTOWN – Since 1897, the tale of Count Dracula told by Bram Stoker has been bent, folded, spindled, and mutilated beyond recognition in a multitude of ways across every possible… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON — Once a Python, always a Python. The British comedy troupe Monty Python arrived on our shores in 1974 when PBS began distributing episodes of “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – At a time in the late 1940’s when Americans basked in the euphoria of winning World War II, everything seemed possible. The American Dream was in full sway.… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BEVERLY – Earlier this month, this country – and the world – marked the 25th anniversary of the attacks on the United States that took place on Sept. 11, 2001.… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – There are families. And then there are families. One of award-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s specialties is the latter. The theater seats at the Calderwood Pavilion don’t come equipped… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – When the world premiere of “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” re-lit the Emerson Colonial Theatre on July 10, 2018, after the venue had been dark and closed for renovations… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – It takes a special actor – or maybe a crazyperson – to perform a 100-minute solo show, a seemingly unending test of stamina and concentration, a high-wire act… Continue reading
By Rich Fahey BOSTON – News flash. People love to be scared. And, when you scare an audience half to death, the screams – go figure — are often followed by nervous laughter.… Continue reading